Hamoon and Tej updates: Two cyclones – Hamoon and Tej – brewing over the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea, triggered rains in a number of components of Odisha and West Bengal. India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday predicted that just a few Indian states are set to expertise some storm actions this week as each cyclones are anticipated to make landfall tomorrow (October 25).
Cyclonic storm Hamoon intensified right into a extreme cyclonic storm over the Northwest Bay of Bengal, mentioned IMD officers.
“Cyclonic Storm Hamoon is likely to intensify further into a severe cyclonic storm over northwest Bay of Bengal during next 6 hours. It’s very likely to move nearly north-northeastwards and cross Bangladesh coast b/w Khepupara and Chittagong around noon of 25 October as a deep depression,” IMD posted on X.
What is the standing of cyclone ‘Tej’?
According to the climate division, the landfall course of for Very Severe Cyclonic Storm (VSCS) Tej continues and might be accomplished inside just a few hours.
“It is very likely to cross Yemen coast close to south of Al-Ghaidah within a few hours as a VSCS with wind speed of 125-135 kmph gusting to 150 kmph,” added the IMD.
Hamoon intensified into extreme cyclonic storm
The deep despair over the Bay of Bengal intensified right into a cyclone on Monday night, the IMD mentioned, sustaining that it might not have any main influence on the Indian coast.
The cyclonic storm has been christened ‘Hamoon’, a reputation given by Iran. The deep despair over Bay of Bengal moved north with a pace of 14 kmph over the last six hours and intensified right into a cyclonic storm, the IMD mentioned.
At 5.30 pm, the system was round 230 km off the Paradip coast in Odisha, 360 km south of Digha in West Bengal, and 510 km south-southwest of Khepupara in Bangladesh, it mentioned.
“It is likely to intensify further into a severe cyclonic storm over northwest Bay of Bengal during the next 12 hours,” The IMD mentioned.
The system could be very prone to cross Bangladesh coast, between Khepupara and Chittagong, round 12 pm on October 25 as a deep despair, it mentioned.
Rain alert in these states
According to the climate division, average rainfall with remoted heavy rains (64.5 mm-115.5 mm) in the northeastern states of Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, south Assam, and Meghalaya till October 26.
The Odisha authorities has requested all of the district collectors to stay ready for any eventuality, and directed the administration to evacuate individuals from low-mendacity areas in the occasion of heavy rain.
“The system (cyclone) will move over the sea around 200 km from Odisha coast,” climate scientist U S Dash mentioned, including that below its affect, mild to average rainfall is probably going at just a few locations in coastal Odisha on Monday and at many locations over the following two days.
IMD Director General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra mentioned the wind pace over the Bay of Bengal will step by step improve to 80-90 kmph gusting to 100 kmph by Tuesday morning.
Meanwhile, in neighbouring West Bengal, the Met division forecast thunderstorms with lightning and average rainfall in components of Purba Medinipur, Kolkata and South 24 Parganas districts on Monday and Tuesday.
(With PTI inputs)
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